The Atlas series features signature Breedlove design and amazing tone at an incredible price.

The Breedlove Atlas series Studio C250/SFe is an acoustic/electric concert body guitar, finished with a high gloss and aged toner. Optimized for song writing, recording, and live stage performances, the Studio C250/SFe is comfortable and enjoyable to play for long periods of time. The LR-T CV pickup—built with chromatic tuner, phase adjustment, and EQ adjustments for the presence/treble/middle/ bass—is easy to use and delivers outstanding amplified tone. Breedlove is known for building beautiful high-quality 6-string acoustic guitars that add value and a whole new level of tonal richness.

Super nice acoustic! The feel is a little stiff, but in a good way. I have owned one of these Breedloves in mahogany, the maple back & sides add a lot of pop and brightness to the tone. The sound is outstanding (and very dynamic!), the electronics are very good, and the hard case it came in is excellent too!

Korean made, but I learned long ago that they can build quality instruments and this guitar confirms that. I called it a wondering child for one reason---it all over the place on where it falls in Breedlove's production. If you look at Breedloves archive, it was called a Passport Plus and from what I can see, it's almost the same build and wood with the same specs. The Passport plus had a lower retail. If you look at the current catalogue, it now in the Atlas Series which is a step up and it's called the Studio. Both Guitars have the same model number, C250/SFE which you may be able to understand when you check out their section on NOMENCLATURE. It doesn't have a pickguard any longer but comes with an upgraded saddle, tuners and a great hardshell case instead of a bag. It also has upgraded electronics. The retail is now higher. If you look at the upgraded electronics and the hard shell case, it's worth buying the upgrade in my opinion, that's why I jumped on it.

Now for the guitar---I just can't put it down. My previous accoustic was a Takamime, it has electronice but no matter what I did, it just didn't have the sound. When my Atlas Studio arrived, I pulled it out of the case; it was tightly rapped in a plastic bag. I unwrapped the bag and immediately grabbed an E chord and gave it a strum, the guitar was in perfect tune. So it traveled from Oregon to Kanas and then from Kanas to NW Indiana in the dead of winter and it was still in tune; I knew I was going to love this guitar.

Upon close inspection, every joint, the binding, the abalony, everything was perfect. The sustain is incredable and the tonal balance, unplugged and plugged is perfect. I was sitting on top of my acoustic amp and started getting a little feedback so I hit the phase switch and the feedback was gone just as described.

I grabbed this guitar as a "Stupid Deal of the Day" and couldn't be happier. In my quest for this guitar, I also found a burst in the Atlas line called the Stage and that one came with abalony binding around the edges too. So as you look at the Burst/maple guitars, keep close track of what your buying, it can get really confusing.